Perhaps, since Indigenous members of the family have said they would like the statue recontextualized rather than hidden, the mayor could take this opportunity to announce that statue's new location. Yes, she got the media hype for her campaign launch and achieved her goal of upsetting a lot of people. And the cynical, exploitive gimmick worked. Victoria voters love her Trump-style approach. We get it. But now maybe lets bring him back in a way that is respectful to everyone.

Interesting that the people who like to ***** and moan about the CoV not sticking in their lane are enjoying a useless proclamation by a previous federal government when they could have focused that time on things that mattered.

Interesting that the people who like to ***** and moan about the CoV not sticking in their lane are enjoying a useless proclamation by a previous federal government when they could have focused that time on things that mattered.

Actually national 'day's' and recognition of the nation's founder are well within the purview of the federal government. Nice try

...a redacted email from Helps to city family members, released as part of a freedom of information request made by the Times Colonist in August, shows that as far back as November 2017 — nine months earlier — the decision to ask council to remove the statue had already been made...

Her Worseship is as a manipulative politician as there ever has been.
She played council and the citizens of the CoV like a finely tuned instrument. How anyone in good conscience could have voted to give this woman a second term as mayor is beyond me.

I don't know if the thousands of people who voted for her were spectacularly ill-informed, lacking in moral character, enjoy being lied to, or a combination of those factors, but here we are. It's not about politics; it about misleading voters again and again and again. And like Trump, she clearly doesn't care. Enough voters took their ignorance to the pools to secure her a 2nd term. Sadly, the Trump approach works just as well here as in the US. Ignorance is king in Victoria.

I think that there are two broader issues at stake here. Despite knowing about the JAM plans for months, neither Alto nor Thorton-Joe said anything to their fellow Councillors. Talk about screwing your friends. To make things even worse, after the move was announced, they said nothing and let their fellow Councillors take the heat. If I were Ben or Jeremy, I would have a chat with the two ladies and mention that none of their motions over the next 3 years will be passed unless they start acting as a member of the team.

Reading this article, some of the recent work by Focus and talking with friends of mine who are part of various community groups, there seems to be a real lack of record keeping on sensitive issues at City Hall. More and more often, people making requests from City Hall are not getting redacted documents, they are getting nothing at all and being told that no records exist. This lack of accountability is disturbing and lends credence to the argument that the Mayor's CoS is really just being put in place to create another barrier to access.